Brian Bull
Freelance reporterBrian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. In that time, Bull worked as a general assignment reporter, documentary and podcast producer, and interim news director. He's now senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and recently worked as a journalism professor at the University of Oregon teaching audio storytelling, public affairs reporting, and story development.
In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His work has been heard on NPR Newscasts and programs, and APM's Marketplace. He's also a substitute host for National Native News, and has had articles published in The Eugene-Register Guard, The Oregonian, Indian Country Today, and Underscore Native News. Several photos of CAHOOTS workers he took were featured in People Magazine in July 2021.
Bull has won dozens of accolades and awards in his career, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
An enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Bull has worked with NPR's Next Generation Project geared towards diversifying the ranks of tomorrow's journalists. He's been a guest faculty instructor at the Poynter Institute on covering underrepresented communities, and also served as chair for Vision Maker Media, which supports authentic programs and documentaries produced by Native Americans.
Bull has a Master's Degree in American Journalism Online from New York University, and a B.A. from Macalester College where he studied Psychology, English, and Dramatic Arts.
He's glad to be home in the Pacific Northwest, close to his family, tribe, and the Oregon Coast. If only someone had warned him about the grass seed pollen every spring! Bull is married and has three children, and five cats. He enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, the visual and performing arts, and the occasional Godzilla movie.
Read how Brian's desire to spur reflection led him to a career in public media.
Check out Bull's latest NextGen project with regional mentees in Oregon, hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Brian is the director and lead interviewer for the Public Radio Oral History Project, which aims to build a repository of interviews with many of the industry's founders and innovators.
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Officials with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife aren’t excited about the appearance of common carp in the Cooper Creek Reservoir near Sutherlin. -
A new affordable housing development has opened in Eugene. Ollie Court not only provides living units, but also an onsite learning center. -
It comes after the City of Eugene granted a "right-of-way permit" that allows temporary lane closures in the area of the building. -
It’s the kind of news one literally chokes on: the Eugene-Springfield area ranks in the top three worst metropolitan areas in the U.S. for air quality. -
More than 10,000 runners from all over the U.S. and globe ran the Eugene Marathon Sunday. The event holds personal meaning for many participants, as well as administers an economic booster shot for the immediate region. -
The campus social scene sees many students ready to “party hearty” with alcohol. New University of Oregon research says besides those harsh hangovers, heavy drinking impairs one’s cognitive functions the day after, too. -
This Saturday, a regional rowing competition marks a milestone. The 30th annual Masters Covered Bridge Regatta at Dexter Lake will see rowers from the Pacific Northwest gather for a day of races. -
Nature helped Lebanon Fire District crews put out a manmade fire on the eastern outskirts of town Monday night. -
Eugene’s iconic Tsunami Books has occupied its current building on Willamette Street for 30 years. Now its general manager says it’s time to own, not rent. -
Recent research by the University of Southern California shows that homeless people with pets get placed into permanent residences more than those without companion animals.
